Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-07-07
AN ELEGANT TROUSSEAU.

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| AN ELEGANT TROUSSEAU.
Costly Dresses Recently Made in Paris for
| athicaso Bride.
The wedding gown is of thickly
coated gros de Naples. The narrow.
plated court train is over four yards
long; near the tournure it is shaped
into two smalls wings, on which the
long point of the corsage rests. The
heavy train and the front drapery are
softened in effect by an underskirt
made entirely of Malines illusion
thickly quilted at the lower edge, then
twisted into bands and bows, In the
twists nestle garlands of orange bios
SONS. In contradistinctiOn to the in.
variable French rule that wedding
dress must be high in the neck. this Is
cut low in V shape and trimmed with
soft illusion quillings. garnished with
orange-blossom buds; elbow sleeves OF
illusion. Over this toilette will be
thrown a veil, made to order, Of rare
point applique; this will extend to the
edge of the train and fall over the
brides face Ia Juive. The bridal
wreath, made in the form of a diadem.
will be of orange blossoms mixed with
few branches of myrtle. 1t il the
style at present to ming.e the French
and German, emblematic blossoms
and leaves.
An elegant reception dress IS n COM
bination Of faded pink and old gold
silk. Two wide panels which are
gathered about the waist, separate in
front and reveal wide bands of pink
lined with gold and artistically knotted
into elongated loops, the last ones
resting on the lower fOunce Of the
skirt The left panel of old gold is
heavily covered with sheaves Of wheat
incascd in bands If arabcsqued en-
broidery. with gold thread in Be1iet
and edged all around with dropping
olives Of gold; the right panel is ef pale
pink The train is male of two de-
tached widths Of goods. one of old geld.
whose lower edge is heavily fringea.
and the other of amber-veIvet lined
with pink, and arranged to look 40 il
turned by accident. The pointed and
decolle.e eOrsage of pink-silk has ana
ber-velvet bretelles and plastron OF
olL-geld lace; the sleeves of the same
are fastened just above the velvet with
bands Of velvet. Above, two points Of
old-gold silk come from the shoulder
and form caps over the sleeves. The
whole Of the bodice is trimmed with
dropping olives of gold.
These two dresses were the only ones
to which trains were attached. The
other gowns looked more girlish I'm
their simplicity and grace. One boll
dress was particularly effective. 1t
was of ivory crepe lisse.
embroidered in stripes, with
paniers; and having black draperies
Of Louis XVI ivory watered silk. min
glcd with narrow stripes Of old pink
and electric green; the whole thrown
over An old pink underlresa The
front Of the skirt was irregulai1y
draped with crepe lisse. caught up BY
loose rosettes and long ends Of Obj
pink and electric green ribbons. The
pointed. low corsage was Of Louis XVI.
silk; plastrOns of tulle with tiny pink
and green ribbons run through pink
velvet bretelless short puffed sleeves
strewn with innumerable ends e mar
row ribbons.
A psle-blue silk dinner dress has q
skirt edged with fluffy hounees IT
lisht-blue English Grape shot with
small blue pearls. The left side IS a
mass of irregularly-placed plnked
ruffies If blue silk. mingled hero and
there with puffs Of Grape. The light
blue drspery on the other side IS pan
eled with y wide band of ivory satin.
on which arc embroidered Aoeks Of
tipy humming-biras of light plumsge
resting on small garlands Of honey
suckles A black drapery Of blue silk
forms wings about the toarnure. The
corsage Of blue silk has . pointed
plastron of tulle. embro.dered with
small blue pearls; the bretslles OF
humming-bird satin are trimmed with
pearl fringe. The short sleeves OF
tulle have appliques cf humming-birds
on the shouldea-Pasis Cor. n !.
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